中禅寺湖と華厳の滝
調査・執筆 Hinato
Photo: Joli Rumi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · original
中禅寺湖は2万年前に男体山が噴火し溶岩が谷をせき止めて生まれたカルデラに、標高1269mで横たわる。湖は差し渡し4km、森の山に囲まれ、日光国立公園の峰の雪解け水が注ぐ。水は冷たく澄んで濃い青だ。湖畔の中禅寺湖町は、外国の外交官や日本の富裕層が東京の暑さを逃れて別荘を建てた明治期以来の山のリゾートだ。
日本三名瀑のひとつ華厳の滝は、中禅寺湖の水を一気に97m、狭い渓谷へ落とす。滝へはエレベーター(570円)で岩を貫いて滝壺の展望台へ降り、しぶきが空気を満たし轟音が会話をかき消す。高山の湖、山の眺め、滝、温泉(一帯に温泉ホテルが数軒)の組み合わせが中禅寺・華厳を完全な山の隠れ家にする。夏のピークを外して味わうのが最良だ。
Our angle on 中禅寺湖と華厳の滝
Nobody else is going here
Everyone within a mile of 中禅寺湖と華厳の滝 is going to 中禅寺湖と華厳の滝. Here are 4 places within 11km of it that almost nobody writes about — straight-line distances from our own catalogue, not travel times.
- Akechidaira RopewayLocally known~2.9 km away · Tochigi
The Akechidaira Ropeway is a 3-minute cable car that ascends 300 vertical meters from the Akechidaira Plateau to an obse…
- Senjogahara MarshlandLocally known~7.3 km away · Tochigi
Senjogahara is a 400-hectare highland wetland at 1,400 meters elevation, formed when volcanic lava flows blocked drainag…
- Kanmangafuchi AbyssLocally known~9.3 km away · Tochigi
A twenty-minute walk from the Toshogu crowds, on the far bank of the Daiya River, a lava gorge runs between the trees an…
- Shinkyo BridgeLocally known~10 km away · Tochigi
Shinkyo is a vermilion-lacquered wooden bridge that arcs over the Daiya River at the entrance to Nikko's shrine district…
基本情報
営業時間
華厳の滝エレベーター: 7:30〜18:00(夏) / 8:00〜17:00(冬) | 湖の遊覧船: 9:00〜16:30(4〜11月)
定休日: 華厳の滝: 通年 | いろは坂の湖への道: 11〜4月閉鎖(年により日程確認)
料金
華厳の滝エレベーター: 大人570円、子供310円 | 湖の遊覧船: 1500円 | 中禅寺: 500円
ベストシーズン
10月下旬(いろは坂+湖の紅葉のピーク) | 5〜6月(雪解けで滝が最も力強い) | 5月の48カーブの新緑
滞在目安
華厳の滝: 30〜45分 | 遊覧船込み: 2.5〜3時間 | 中禅寺とハイキング込み: 4〜5時間
アクセス
アクセス情報
インサイダーガイド
近くのスポット
中禅寺湖と華厳の滝から直線距離で近い穴場スポットです。
Akechidaira Ropeway
Locally knownThe Akechidaira Ropeway is a 3-minute cable car that ascends 300 vertical meters from the Akechidaira Plateau to an obse…
Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021 / CC BY 4.0Senjogahara Marshland
Locally knownSenjogahara is a 400-hectare highland wetland at 1,400 meters elevation, formed when volcanic lava flows blocked drainag…
Kanmangafuchi Abyss
Locally knownA twenty-minute walk from the Toshogu crowds, on the far bank of the Daiya River, a lava gorge runs between the trees an…
Shinkyo Bridge
Locally knownShinkyo is a vermilion-lacquered wooden bridge that arcs over the Daiya River at the entrance to Nikko's shrine district…
Toshogu Shrine
FamousToshogu Shrine is the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and represents the absolute z…
Ebiya Chozo
Locally knownNikko and Kyoto both make the skin that forms on heated soy milk, and they write it differently on purpose. Kyoto writes…
栃木県のその他のスポット
Hacchonoyu
Locally knownThere are four inns in the Okukinu hot spring group, at the head of the Kinugawa valley inside Nikko National Park, and…
Momijidani Suspension Bridge
Little knownThe Momijidani bridge crosses a reservoir arm of the Shiobara gorge on a 320-metre span with no stiffening girder, which…
Sessho-seki
Little knownThe legend says that a nine-tailed fox, having failed to destroy the imperial court in the guise of a court lady, was hu…
